Dhaka desk: President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday urged the officials of Immigration and Passport Department to serve the people with sincerity and patriotism.
In separate messages on the occasion of Passport Service Week-2017, they wished success of all programmes marking the week.
The President, in his message, said passport is an important identity card of a citizen.
He appreciated introduction of machine-readable passports in the country and said the demand for passport is increasing gradually with the rise in the number of people going abroad in the current age of globalization.
The President said the officials of department of immigration and passport will have to continue working with honesty, devotion and sincerity to fulfill people's expectations.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, greeted all officers and employees of the department of immigration and passport marking the ‘Passport Service Week'.
She recalled that the Greatest Bangalee of all times, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had turned the directorate of passport into a department in 1973 and took various steps to make the department more dynamic.
She said that her government has introduced machine-readable passports and visas and set up 71 passport offices in 64 districts.
The government has also taken steps to introduce e-passport based on ultramodern technology, she added.BSS
